by Jabbar Yassin Hussin · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478448050
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«El lector de Bagdad» is the short story collection by Jabbar Yassin Hussin, published by Siruela in paperback (108 pages, in Spanish).
Stories between the fantastic and the documentary, between dream and memory. Recent reality is reflected in thirteenth-century Arab chronicles: the Mongols made bridges with books from the Baghdad library and the Tigris turned to ink. Another story moves Baghdad to the southern hemisphere and features Jorge Luis Borges, librarian, as its protagonist.
Volume 45 of Siruela's Nuevos Tiempos collection. Translated from the Arabic by Francisco del Río Sánchez and Abdelrahim Mahmoud El Shafi; foreword by Alberto Manguel.
For readers of contemporary Arab fiction and of stories that interweave history, memory and fiction.
